Sunday, February 24, 2013

Beautiful Creatures- review

Beautiful Creatures
does not bring much to the table. It’s a
teen romance that many have seen before where evil and good are in the balance and
a high school romance overcomes the odds.
The plot is very predictable. The effects are laughable. However, there
are at least a few actors that are fun to watch.

Ethan Wate, played by Alden Ehrenreich, is a young,
well-read high school student who hates his hometown. One day Lena, played by
Alice Englert, shows up as the new kid in class. It turns out she is a caster and has a select
number of days to focus her powers until she is claimed for the dark side or
the light side. Can their young romance
survive this magical drama?

The story is very predictable. The dialogue is stunningly rotten. I sat with people who had read the book and
they were just as lost as I was on some of the decisions that were made to the
story. There are numerous, pointless
plot holes that make this movie seem more like a bad joke.

The effects are really bad.
Considering that this movie is about casters that control weather and
spirits, you’d think they would at least try to make it look interesting. Instead,
there are blurry effects that would be laughed out of the cut scenes of a
videogame. I know a teen romantic movie
is not one to expect dazzling effects but I am also not supposed to be bored.

The only people that seem to bring some fun to their roles
are Jeremy Irons and Emily Rossum. They
both have characters that were over-the-top and it allowed them to at least act
like they wanted to earn their paycheck.
They made it at least tolerable at times.

Beautiful Creatures
is a wildly forgettable movie. If
anything, this is a movie that is just another teen movie that will be met with
eye-rolls. If you like this genre, wait
until it comes to video. Otherwise give
it a miss. It really is nothing special
and does not follow the book it was inspired by. Fans of the novel will go home
disappointed.